Juneau's Cinema guide

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Synopsis: Documentary director Werner Herzog offers his unique perspective on the South Pole in this film profiling the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, giving viewers the opportunity to visit one of the most inaccessible and awe-inspiring landscapes on the planet.

Synopsis: Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. Then the discovery of a "miracle" by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

ALSO SHOWING

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Ends Thursday, 7 p.m.

Synopsis: An ex-con is forced to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize one another on the road to victory.

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Ends Thursday, 7:40 p.m.

Synopsis: The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame.

Synopsis: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.